Prosecutors say Gareth Roper was arrested and taken away from his home, only to be 'de-arrested' by police nine minutes later and left outside a supermarket in the early hours of the morning when he ...

Police dropped Gareth Roper outside Iceland in Platt Bridge, Wigan shortly before he was killed A man was killed in a hit-and-run crash shortly after police left him barefoot outside an Iceland store ...

Gareth Roper, 35, had reportedly been abandoned barefoot by police three miles from his home in Wigan, Greater Manchester, when he was struck by Jamie Evans, 30, on January 1, 2022. Officers had ...

Bolton Crown Court heard how Gareth Roper was killed in a hit-and-run in Wigan. Credit: MEN Media A father-of-six was killed by a hit-and-run motorist driving without a licence, shortly after police ...

A man who was killed in a hit-and-run on New Year's Day in 2022 was left barefoot miles from home with no phone and no money by police, a court has been told. Gareth Roper was killed by a motorist ...

An unlicensed driver killed a dad-of-six in a horror road crash in the early hours of New Year's Day. Gareth Roper, 35, had reportedly been abandoned barefoot by police three miles from his home in ...

A man was killed in a hit-and-run crash shortly after police left him barefoot outside an Iceland store three miles from home, a court has heard. Gareth Roper was struck in Wigan by a Volvo driven by ...